and entirely revolutionized the government. In the reign of
terror following, the best blood of the nation was shed like water, and no
man of influence could consider his life secure. Men, women and children
were dragged before the revolutionary tribunals, had their accusations
read to them, and were immediately condemned, and hurried off in crowds
without a trial, to be shot, drowned or beheaded. At Lyons thirty-one
thousand persons were thus slain; at Nantes thirty-two thousand,--and
throughout France in proportion. The number thus slain, has been estimated
at over one million,--a number hardly credible, and which might well be
symbolized by seven thousand--a perfect number. Well might the remnant be
affrighted, and hasten to give glory to the GOD of heaven, by the
restoration of that book, the setting aside of which had involved them in
such dire calamities.

The tenth of the city which fell, must be the tenth of the Roman
hierarchy, which is symbolized by the city. With the suppression of
religion, the Catholic church was prohibited, with all others. France was
one of the ten kingdoms, and the overthrow of the church in France, would
be the fall of one-tenth of that city.

Thus passed the second woe--the prelude to the third woe, which cometh
quickly.

The Seventh Trumpet.

"And the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in
heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world hath become the kingdom
of our Lord, and of his Anointed; and he will reign for ever and
ever. And the twenty-four elders, who sat before God on their
thrones, fell on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We thank
thee, O Lord God Almighty, who art, and who wast, because thou
hast taken to thyself thy great power, and reigned. And the
nations were enraged, and thy wrath is come, and the season of the
dead, when they should be judged, and a reward should be given to
thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who
fear thy name, small and great; and when thou shouldest destroy
those, who destroy the earth. And the temple of God was opened in
heaven, and the ark of his covenant in his temple appeared, and
there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an
earthquake, and great hail."--Rev. 11:15-19.

The seventh, like the preceding trumpets, marks an epoch from which an era
dates. "The days of the voice of the seventh angel" (10:7), are indicative
of